"This letter is your death sentence. To avenge what you have done you will die." But what has Manno the pharmacist done? Nothing that he can think of. He takes the letter for a joke. The next day he and his hunting companion are both dead." "The police investigation is inconclusive. However, Profess[...]

On March 16, 1978, Aldo Moro, a former Prime Minister of Italy, was ambushed and kidnapped by the Red Brigades terrorist group in Rome. Seven weeks later Moro's body was discovered in the trunk of a car parked in the crowded center of Rome. An essayist with a reputation for independence, Leonardo Sc[...]

A crime has been committed in a public place. A dark-suited man was shot as he ran for a bus. The investigating officer of the crime soon finds that, in this small Mafia-run town, no one saw him fall...[...]

A collection of the best of Sciascia's gritty, darkly glittering short stories

Two of Sciascia's most powerful novellas published side by side: One Way or Another is a chillingly prophetic work, while in The Knight and Death a mysterious handwritten note proves fatal[...]

On March 16 1978, Also Moro, former Italian Prime Minister, was ambushed in Rome by the Red Brigades. Seven weeks later Moro's body was discovered in the boot of a Renault parked in the crowded centre of Rome. In this book, Leonardo Sciasica untangles the real-life events of these crucial weeks.[...]

"Jukset viser seg", sier man gjerne. Eller rettere sagt: Man ønsker at juks og ugjerninger blir avslørt. Men iblant skjer det for sent, eller kanskje aldri ... Den italienske kontroversielle politikeren, læreren, essayisten og forfatteren, Leonardo Sciascia, skrev flere kriminalromaner som bryter[...]